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Emrys Francys
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Queer nb fantasy author born 6 months into the 90s. I have 2 cats, an endless TBR, and sensory sensitivities.

The Cogs Turn Quietly - editing
The Pearl - editing

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ryaloren.bsky.social
Another exceptional, thought-provoking piece of writing from #themanchestermill.

This is exactly the kind of journalism we should be seeing after events like last week's heinous attack.

manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
manchestermill.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
Another one I'm looking to work through out of time 😅 At this rate, I'll be doing more social media responding than actual editing
professoremily.bsky.social Prof Emily @professoremily.bsky.social · Jul 28
Hey there #WritingCommunity!
Next month I'll be hosting #MythAugust, a worldbuilding prompt game.

Have a fantasy religion you really want to yap about?

Want to build a fantasy religion but don't know where to start?

Either way, this game is for you! Hope you'll join in ☺️
#Writers #Writesky
List of prompts for #MythAugust, presented by @professoremily.bsky.social. Prompts are listed by weekly topics over a background painting of shiny Thor going ham(mer) on a bunch of unfortunate dudes. WEEK ONE: BASICS 8/1 - Type of religion 8/2 - Major gods 8/3 - Moral alignment 8/4 - Factions of gods 8/5 - Hierarchy/minor deities 8/6 - Relationship to mortals 8/7 - Gods' home WEEK TWO: PICK A GOD 8/8 - Introduce this god 8/9 - What do they represent? 8/10 - Appearance 8/11 - Powers 8/12 - Symbols 8/13 - Interactions with mortals 8/14 - Myth(s) about god WEEK THREE: FOLLOWERS 8/15 - What kinds of followers? 8/16 - Reason(s) for worship 8/17 - Authority figures 8/18 - Religious sects 8/19 - Values & sins 8/20 - Beliefs about the afterlife 8/21 - End of the world WEEK FOUR: TRADITIONS 8/22 - Places of worship 8/23 - Sacred texts 8/24 - Blessings & curses 8/25 - Holidays 8/26 - Initiation rites 8/27 - Gods' role in major life events 8/28 - Everyday life WRAP-UP: 8/29 - Were you inspired by any real world religions? 8/30 - Role of mythology/religion in your story? 8/31 - Freebie/How did you expand your worldbuilding?
August 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
Absolutely STUNNING article from Lucy Warm in the Manchester Mill yesterday. This publication has single-handedly rekindled my faith in journalism!

manchestermill.co.uk/the-big-dyke...

#journalismdonewell #manchestermill #lgbtqia+ #queer
The big dyke takeover
On the rise and rise of Diesel Dyke Club
manchestermill.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
Hell yes, Hiria!! Excited to do #pretendpanel again (late, as always), so I'm dropping it here for the ease of future me
karamoonauthor.com Kara Moon (the artist formerly known as Hiria Dunning) @karamoonauthor.com · Jul 30
August #pretendpanel is here, friends! Tell me all about where your writing and reading align... and where they don't!
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social AUGUST - WRITER/READER THEME August 1st: Do you read in the same genre/s or market/s you write in? August 2nd: How much wider do you read compared to what you write? August 8th: Do you have favourite genres to read and/or write? August 9th: Do you think in tropes for what you read and/or write? August 15th: Do you monitor trends for what to read and/or write? August 16th: Are you a better reader than you are a writer? August 22nd: Do you write reviews of what you read? August 23rd: Have/would you ever read reviews of your own works? August 29th: Do you ever DNF when reading? Have you been DNFed? August 30th: Freebie Saturday - post whatever! Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
August 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
I'm looking to get back into teaching and would love to learn from anyone who has attended a creative writing course, class or workshop:

What were some of the most and least useful aspects of those sessions, for you?

#writing #learning #teaching #workshopping #writer #author
August 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
I now have so many changes I'd like to make to my manuscript, it's probably going to be unrecognisable once I'm done.

Actually #editingmynovel is a steep ass learning curve!

#writer #fantasywriting #queerwriting #neurodivergentwriting
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
Any #adhd, #autistic and #audhd #creatives got any hints and tips for being #productive?

I need a schedule to stay on track (and limit hyperfixation), but to make a schedule I must schedule time for making the schedule, which requires a working schedule. So I've been playing Cyberpunk 2077 instead.
July 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reposted by Emrys Francys
felinefero.bsky.social
I made these comics for Uni and they feel especially relevant for what's happening in the UK

I'm a trans person, we do so many other things than peacefully use public toilets but when that's all they focus on, they can't see that we're people

#transrights #lgbtqcomic #comic #art #lgbtq #webcomic
April 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reposted by Emrys Francys
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If you like surreal, short, bizarre walking sim type games, I collaborated with Freshly Baked Games to make a game based on some Red Vox stuff. They did a really amazing job with it. Plus, it's free!

store.steampowered.com/app/3692660/...
The New Flesh on Steam
Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.
store.steampowered.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Reposted by Emrys Francys
felinefero.bsky.social
🏳️‍⚧️ New comic posted 🏳️‍🌈
(Available on both Webtoon & Tapas)

My poor guy really goes through it on work days.
RIP in peace, Delta's sleep schedule 🥲

www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/th...

#lgbtqcomics #lgbtqart #queer #art #comic #thenightshift #supernaturalcomics #happypride #webcomic
The Night Shift - Day in the Life: Delta #5
(LGBTQ+) Delta is a fan of the night, he usually spends it up and enjoying the surreal feeling of 'being the only person in the world'. However, being an adult is tough, bills need paying and the only...
www.webtoons.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Reposted by Emrys Francys
felinefero.bsky.social
I have two cats in my house. One is elegant, the other is whatever the fuck this thing is. They're both arseholes.

I love them both equally 🖤
#cats #blackcat #housepanthers
Black cat wearing a cone. He has hayfever, so the flower cone is to stop his scratching his face. Black cat. She has a curly tail? Always has, we thought she'd broken it as a kitten but no, as she got older it just got curlier and curlier
July 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
I FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT

I finished the first draft

Now to ignore it for a couple of weeks before I start ✨ e d i t i n g ✨

#fantasy #queerwriter #novel #writing #editing
April 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
Update: Nothing. But also something.

I have received no answer, despite a couple of resends and waiting a respectable period between each. I think we can safely say we're not going to get anything back.

Which means that sadly I will have to move my work away from this app.
ryaloren.bsky.social Emrys Francys @ryaloren.bsky.social · Jan 20
For those who don't know, Quietly is currently on hiatus due to data-scraping concerns. In the interest of getting it back up ASAP, I have just sent an email to the site I was posting it to, asking a few questions about their AI policies and toolkit.
Concerns about Artificial Intelligence Data-scraping and Protecting Your Creators From: Emrys Francys (there is a photo of Emrys with one of their two black cats in the foreground) To: feedback@tapas.io (and various other addresses) Hello Tapas, I am unsure which is the right place to send this, so I am copying in the addresses I've found related to the subject of my inquiry. Some information on me: I have, previously, uploaded parts of my novel onto Tapas but, due to my concerns about this issue, I have taken it down until I am confident that my work will be protected. Recently, AI data-scraping and deep learning have developed at a staggering and unwieldy rate. I and countless fellow creators have increasing concerns regarding its use. Tapas' Content and Community Guidelines state, "AI generated content is not allowed on Tapas". We commend this statement but we would also like to know: 1. What tools are you using to identify AI works? 2. How accurate are these tools? 3. How are you enforcing this rule? Additionally, the security of intellectual properties hosted on your platform is (obviously) a priority to us and, we hope, to you. As such, we would also like to (The email ends here in this image) (Continuing from the previous image) Additionally, the security of intellectual properties hosted on your platform is (obviously) a priority to us and, we hope, to you. As such, we would also like to know: 4. How are you protecting creators' work from data-scraping and deep-learning tools? 5. Do you utilise or promote technologies such as Glaze, Mist, or Nightshade to protect comics? 6. Do you have a statement anywhere on the site which prohibits data-scraping of written work? Yours is a large platform, with a vast quantity of intellectual property stemming from a huge number of creators. The size of your platform means you have a big responsibility to protect your creators from IP theft. Any and all information that you can feasibly share with us regarding how you are working to do this would be greatly appreciated. If this is the wrong place to send this email, and you cannot see the correct place in the list of recipient emails, please inform me of the address I need to send it to. Otherwise, if it would be quicker for you to forward it on, please feel free to do so. Thank you for your time!
March 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
I don't care if I'm basically a fan account at this point, this painting is gorgeous. The details on those tattoos is chef's kiss. I am in love
felinefero.bsky.social FelineFero @felinefero.bsky.social · Feb 24
So, I never really work with paints anymore, so I'm a bit out of practice, but I painted this!
It's very thin washes of gouache (cus thick paint is hard).
Another OC, his name is Sakurai, he's a merman 🏳️‍🌈

#lgbtqart #art #painting #gouache #illustration #queerartist #tattoos #irezumi
A shirtless fellow with a bunch of tattoos, painting them was the best part and now I want to look for a tattoo apprenticeship again haha... ah...
February 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
I think I've cracked it. I think the reason I'm having such difficulty writing this bit is because it's the end. Endings have always caused me issues

#writers #writingcommunity #audhd
February 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
I just have to share this. The latest version is also my phone's lock screen because... well, just Look At Him.
felinefero.bsky.social FelineFero @felinefero.bsky.social · Feb 19
Was talking about the importance of sharing progress when it comes to creative things with @ryaloren.bsky.social and now I want to show this comparison of my OC, Avian.
First from 2017, second from 2021, and the third for 2024.

#art #progress #drawing #drawthisagain #fantasyart #csp
A portrait of a character with pointy ears, done in 2017 with Paint Tool Sai. The same pointy eared fellow but this portrait was done in 2021, in Paint Tool Sai. Once again, the same pointy eared babe but he has a dagger this time, this one was done in 2024 with Clip Studio Paint.
February 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
I'm at the end of my tether, here. Does anybody have any tips for organising creative work and staying on top of it?

Bonus kudos if they're made with AuDHD in mind!

#writers #writingcommunity #audhd #asd #adhd
February 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
This is so cute. Loved watching it take shape in real time while pretending I was watching the landscape go by haha
felinefero.bsky.social FelineFero @felinefero.bsky.social · Feb 12
It's that time again, OC time.
@ryaloren.bsky.social and my OCs, just some train trip doodles!

Drawing for more that 2 seconds with pencil for the first time years has been weirdly freeing 💜

...Do I need to start collecting art supplies again?

#lgbtqart #art #pencilsketch #oc #doodle #queerart
A pencil sketch of two people looking at eachother. There's some tension there, do they hate eachother? Do they love eachother? I'll never tell.
February 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
#pretendpanel

Ah... watch this space, I guess!

I can't really do this social media thing, but I'm dedicated to trying so I can make this work. #Bluesky is a great platform so far. I hope that the changes it goes through as it grows don't take it to that familiar place everything else has gone to.
karamoonauthor.com Kara Moon (the artist formerly known as Hiria Dunning) @karamoonauthor.com · Jan 31
#pretendpanel will return tomorrow in a new format. But for now, let's close out the month as planned...

January 31st: How do you close your panel? e.g. plugs, acknowledgements

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social January 31st: How do you close your panel? e.g. plugs, acknowledgements Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts! AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!!!
February 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
#pretendpanel

I'll finish Quietly, edit it, use its finished form to inform the plans for the rest of the series, post it online, then write the rest of the series to completion.

I'll probably have to monetise it in some way so I can afford to keep writing, but that's a problem for another day.
karamoonauthor.com Kara Moon (the artist formerly known as Hiria Dunning) @karamoonauthor.com · Jan 30
I'm late to #pretendpanel cos I stayed out til 9pm with my 5yo in Wellington, playing with the Bucket Fountain. If you don't know it, look it up, it's a wonder of the world 😅

January 30th: What do you see in the future for your writing career?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social January 30th: What do you see in the future for your writing career? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts!
February 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
#fantasyindiesJanuary #queerwriters
I'm writing high fantasy in a "pastel-steampunk" setting. Multiple different perspectives weave together the story of a city on the brink of revolution.

I write exclusively LGBT+ characters.

The first instalment should be available on RoyalRoad before midsummer.
ryaloren.bsky.social Emrys Francys @ryaloren.bsky.social · Jan 20
#fantasyindiesJanuary

Yeah I'm late to the game but time is a concept and this looks like fun, so I'm going to be cramming all my answers into the next few days because time may be a concept, but it's one I believe in and January is coming to an end.
1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. A few books from your TBR 3. Free Friday or your/MC's hobbies 4. Saturday Snippet: Pride 5. Superstitions in WIP 6. MC sense of humour 7. Best & worst writing advice 8. WIP fancast 9. Something MC would like to try 10. Free Friday or your writing strengths 11. Saturday Snippet: Fight 12. Describe WIP using emojis 13. Favourite childhood books 14. Illness and injury in WIP 15. 2025 book releases your excited for 16. Things your characters would rather forget 17. Free Friday or are you a procrastinator or a planner 18. Saturday Snippet: funny 19. Favourite type of scenes to write 20. Religion or spirituality in WIP 21. WIP subgenres 22. Do your characters like to plan or make it up as they go? 23. How does your MC deal with confrontation? 24. Free Friday or what scents do you associate with your MC and/or WIP? 25. Saturday Snippet: emotional 26. How many WIPs do you work on at one time? 27. Travelling in WIP 28. MC Goals 29. WIP playlist 30. Preferred reading format 31. Monthly Wrap-up
January 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
ryaloren.bsky.social
#fantasyindiesJanuary
30. It depends on where I am and what I'm doing. If I'm drawing or walking, audiobook; if I'm writer-researching or chilling with a brew, physical copy; if it's nonfiction, ebook (for easier note-taking)
ryaloren.bsky.social Emrys Francys @ryaloren.bsky.social · Jan 20
#fantasyindiesJanuary

Yeah I'm late to the game but time is a concept and this looks like fun, so I'm going to be cramming all my answers into the next few days because time may be a concept, but it's one I believe in and January is coming to an end.
1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. A few books from your TBR 3. Free Friday or your/MC's hobbies 4. Saturday Snippet: Pride 5. Superstitions in WIP 6. MC sense of humour 7. Best & worst writing advice 8. WIP fancast 9. Something MC would like to try 10. Free Friday or your writing strengths 11. Saturday Snippet: Fight 12. Describe WIP using emojis 13. Favourite childhood books 14. Illness and injury in WIP 15. 2025 book releases your excited for 16. Things your characters would rather forget 17. Free Friday or are you a procrastinator or a planner 18. Saturday Snippet: funny 19. Favourite type of scenes to write 20. Religion or spirituality in WIP 21. WIP subgenres 22. Do your characters like to plan or make it up as they go? 23. How does your MC deal with confrontation? 24. Free Friday or what scents do you associate with your MC and/or WIP? 25. Saturday Snippet: emotional 26. How many WIPs do you work on at one time? 27. Travelling in WIP 28. MC Goals 29. WIP playlist 30. Preferred reading format 31. Monthly Wrap-up
January 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
#pretendpanel

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (honestly, we all need this in our lives)
Literally anything by Ursula K LeGuin, sci-fi or fantasy (my absolute monarch of the genres)
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (Quincy has been compared to Howl)
karamoonauthor.com Kara Moon (the artist formerly known as Hiria Dunning) @karamoonauthor.com · Jan 29
Pro-tip #2, #pretendpanel, add the hashtag to your quotepost so that others can see it when they search. If you don't, the only person who'll definitely see it is me. I want you to have more ✨visibility✨!

Jan 29: Recommended reading for your fans

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social January 29th: Recommended reading for your fans Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts!
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
#fantasyindiesJanuary

28. Taru's goals shift from escapism to activism; Quincy's aren't quite so clear
29. See image: I have several, (including one that's almost exclusively NIN instrumentals) but here's 9 tracks from my 58 track "Write - General" playlist
Horizon of Memories - Bianca Ban (Eternal Eclipse) Festival of Light - Audiomachine The Outer Worlds Main Theme - Celestial Aeon Project Awakening - Johannes Bornlof Waltz for the Wicked - Eneide Altostratus - Franz Gordon History Maker (From Yuri!!! On Ice) - Celestial Aeon Project The Antique Store - Johannes Bornlof Something Familiar - Johannes Bornlof
January 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
ryaloren.bsky.social
#pretendpanel

If your MC was a musical instrument, which would they be and why?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #writingPrompts
karamoonauthor.com Kara Moon (the artist formerly known as Hiria Dunning) @karamoonauthor.com · Jan 28
Authors who ask their fellow panelists a question look cool, supportive and engaged (if it's that sort of panel).
Two ways to do this:
1) Tag another author on #pretendpanel and ask them a specific question
2) Ask the panel a question for anyone!
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social January 28th: Ask another author a question Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts!
January 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM